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as•sault

Pronunciation: (u-sôlt'),[key]—n.1. a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.2. Law.an unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt or offer to do violence to another, with or without battery, as by holding a stone or club in a threatening manner.
3. Mil.the stage of close combat in an attack.
4. rape1.